Directorate Change

Shanks Group PLC
01 April 2003

Resignation of Mr J R Meredith

Shanks Group plc announces that today Mr J R Meredith has resigned as a Director
of Shanks Group plc, its subsidiaries and associates, and is no longer an
employee of the Group.

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For further information please contact:
John Shaughnessy, Group Head of External Relations, 
telephone [phone], email [e-mail]


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